The State Duma was offered to hold an amnesty of loans in the range of three million rubles. This proposal was made by the Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communists of Russia party Maxim Suraykin , reports RIA Novosti .
According to him, the initiative is related to the “protracted emergency situation in the country.” Suraikin stressed that a corresponding proposal was sent to the State Duma.
Previously it was reported that the Russians whose travel is restricted due to debts owed a total of 1.6 trillion rubles. According to the Federal Bailiff Service, as of December 1, 2020, more than 4.1 million orders were in force in Russia on temporary restrictions on the departure of debtors from the country. Moreover, more than 532 thousand of them accounted for alimony debtors. Their total debt exceeds 115 billion rubles.
In July, the State Duma in the final reading adopted a bill on the protection of business and retirees from debt collection. The law will protect the property and funds of pensioners from collection during the pandemic and after it. Seniors can get two-year installments to pay off loans, insurance premiums and loans. In this case, the amount of debt should not exceed a million rubles.